Kinsa said it raised $9.6 million in a Series A deal led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and joined by FirstMark Capital,Andy Palmer and others. KPCB partner Beth Seidenberg will join the board.Kinsa makes an FDA-cleared thermometer that connects to a smartphone and said the money would enable it to expand production, recruit staff, take on marketing efforts and expand the product line.

Optoro has raised $50 million in Series C funding in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Other investors were Generation Investment Management, Revolution Growth, Grotech Ventures and SWaN & Legend Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Daniel Oros, a partner at KPCB, has been added to its board. Based in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, Optoro is a provider of solutions that lets retailers and manufacturers increase revenue from returned and excess inventory.

Cyber security startup Area 1 Security announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company, which aims to eliminate targeted attacks, has now raised $10. 5 million in total funding, following a seed-stage round earlier this year. Joining Kleiner Perkins in the Series A are Allegis Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Data Collective, First Round Capital, RedSeal Networks CEO and former Venrock Partner Ray Rothrock, and Shape Security CEO Derek Smith. As part of the round, Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, has joined the company.

According to an SEC filing, LendingClub Corp. has priced 57.7 million shares of its IPO at between $10 and $12 a share. The stock will trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “LC.” Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Citigroup are the lead underwriters. Based in San Francisco, LendingClub is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Its backers include Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Foundation Capital, KPCB and Morgenthaler Venture Partners.

Creditera has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from other investors that included Peak Ventures. Based in San Mateo, Calif. Creditera provides credit information to small businesses.

According to an announcement on its site, Enjoy, an e-commerce startup founded by former JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson, has received $30 million in overall funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Oak Investment Partners led the latest round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz. Enjoy will launch in 2015. To read more details about the funding, visit here.

(Reuters) – California’s privacy laws have saved Kleiner Perkins from having to release potentially embarrassing information about a former partner in a discrimination lawsuit by a former female partner.

Pittsburgh-based Aquion Energy, which makes energy storage systems, has raised $24.6 million in new funding, according to a regulatory filing that says the total offering amount is $32.6 million. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on Monday that the funding round will fuel the company’s operations through 2015. The regulatory filing didn’t indicate what investors participated in the round. The company had previously raised about $110 million in debt and equity from Advanced Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and TriplePoint Capital.

Remind said Tuesday that it has raised $40 million in Series C funding. Return backer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from The Social+Capital Partnership and First Round Capital. Remind is a mobile communication product for teachers, students and parents.

Massdrop has secured $6.5 million in a Series A funding. Mayfield Fund led the round with participation from other investors that include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, First Round Capital and Cowboy Ventures. Based in San Francisco, Massdrop is an online community for enthusiasts.

DataStax, which provides a big data platform built on Apache Cassandra, has raised a $106 million Series E round of funding in what is likely a pre-IPO round. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Joining the round are ClearBridge Investments, Cross Creek Advisors, Wasatch Funds, PremjiInvest and Comcast Ventures. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has now raised $190 million in total funding, including a $45 million Series D round in July 2013.